Test Taking Anxiety

Research Paper # 69184

Education > Education Psychology
Psychology > Testing
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Test Taking Anxiety

This paper is an experiment to assess the type of learner who suffers from test taking anxiety, a common problem at many levels of educational development.

1,655 words () | 4 sources | APA | 2006 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that the learner needs to be taught to have
less stress and anxiety when taking a test; therefore, this project will be presented in the context of participants who may show signs of test taking anxiety as measured through a survey. The author points out that, in terms of teaching objectives, there are three main objectives leading to the goal of reducing test taking anxiety, which will be addressed by the survey: Increased awareness of stress relief in relation to test anxiety, the ability to gather information on study and test-taking techniques and the advocacy of better organizational and self-management strategies for students. This paper includes the complete questionnaires to be used for assessment and the results of the individual evaluations.

Table of Contents
Report
Assessing Learning Needs
Plan
Content
Teaching Strategies
Evaluation Tool
Self Evaluation Tool
Evaluation of Participants

From the Paper:

"One goal given the limitations of the current project would be to administer a questionnaire that assesses how students use study and motivational techniques to prepare for tests and how these relate to anxiety. "The advantages of a self-administered questionnaire over an interview survey are economy, speed, lack of interviewer bias, and the possibility of anonymity and privacy to encourage more candid responses on sensitive issues." On the other hand, there are also distinct advantages to the interview conducted with the student, since it also affords anonymity and privacy while simultaneously reducing the amount of confusion often attendant upon a questionnaire."